From: ag725@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Rick Scaia)
Subject: [INFO] The News From Dayton, 3/3/96
Date: 1996/03/05
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Sorry this didn't go out yesterday, folks.... I just simply
didn't have a chance to log on. Let's start with the returning
Alex Marvez column:
* Whole column was dedicated to commemorating the first 6 months
of the Monday Night Wars. He noted that over the time
period, the war is a dead heat, but that Nitro has begun
to take the slim lead if you only consider 1996 number.
The Nitro replay is no small part of that, he notes,
while RAW is not replayed. However, the WWF remains the
far and away leader in PPV revenue. Marvez even suggests
that it wouldn't be outrageous for WWF WrestleMania to
triple WCW Uncensored in buyrate later this month. He declares
that no winner can truly be declared in the MNW... except
for the fans. The rest of the column is dedicated to running
down a list of improvements both companies have made, and
the cool things the fans have seen on Monday Nights.
Some news from Georgie's Chatterbox (on AOL):
* ECW is getting TV in Georgia this month (sorry, I didn't
jot down the station... I think it's just Georgia
cable access, if that makes sense), and Paul E. is
thinking about running house shows down there starting
in the late Spring.
* On Feb. 26, RAW and Nitro combined for a 6.3 rating (which is
about 10% of ALL cable households watching TV at the time),
the highest ever! More people are watching wrestling on
Mondays than ever before... and the 6.3 was evenly split
between the WWF and WCW: Nitro did 3.2, RAW a 3.1.
* Johnny B. Badd's contract has expired, and he has not signed
another one with WCW. However, he told folks on his
AOL folder that he still worked TV for WCW, and hopes to
sign a contract with them soon.
* Don't know if this was on TV already, but Madusa and Dick
Slater turn on Col. Parker.
* Expect something HUGE to come out of the 2/8 ECW show in
Queens, NY. Georgies says Meltzer is expecting a super big
surprise, something big enough that Obi Wan Meltzer
himself is considering flying in from California for the show.
Later.....
--
Rick Scaia | "Barkeep...
All of a sudden, I'm relatively sane | Another whiskey!"
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